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Science Fiction, Writing Process

The Worldbuilding of Project Hail Mary, Part 2: Amazing Grace

June 15, 2026June 15, 2026 Jeff Lilly

You cannot break the contract with the reader without consequences. Is the book a troubling portrait of a psychopath?

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Science Fiction, Writing Process

The Worldbuilding of Project Hail Mary, Part 1: Here Be Dragons

June 14, 2026June 15, 2026 Jeff Lilly

The worldbuilding fails in the exact direction that flatters the lone genius.

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Science Fiction, Writing Process

The Linguistics of Project Hail Mary

June 1, 2026June 15, 2026 Jeff Lilly

Project Hail Mary breaks the contract with the reader by pretending to show rigorous and accurate science in action.

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Jeff Lilly

Jeff Lilly

Jeff Lilly is a Druid, linguist, and author. He writes about Druid things -- meditation, relationship with Spirit, soulful fulfillment in scholarship and art, reconnecting the ancient with the modern, creating beauty, and healing the world. He also dabbles in all kinds of fiction, from the speculative to the fantastic. He lives with his wife and their cats near Seattle, WA.

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